Venda F.C. (previously Venda Football Academy) is a South African football club based in

Venda Venda ( ), officially the Republic of Venda (; ), was a Bantustan in northern South Africa. It was fairly close to the South African border with Zimbabwe to the north, while, to the south and east, it shared a long border with another black hom ...

, South Africa. After previously playing in the

SAFA Second Division The SAFA Second Division (known as the ABC Motsepe League for sponsorship reasons, and previously the Vodacom League between 1998 and 2012, was founded in 1998 as the overall third tier of South African association football, football. The compet ...

, they moved to the

National First Division The South African Championship, officially known as the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest league of South African football after the South African Premiership. Both the South African Championship and ...

at the start of the 2021-22 season after businessman Robinson Ramaite purchased the franchise from Cape Umoya United. The club was renamed from Venda Football Academy to Venda Football Club ahead of the

2023–24 National First Division The 2023–24 National First Division (called the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the season from September 2023 to June 2024 of South Africa's second tier of professional soccer, the National First Division. Magesi ...

season.

Current squad

Seasons

SAFA Second Division

* 2019–20: 6th Limpopo Stream *

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

: 5th Limpopo Stream A

National First Division

* 2021–22: 5th *

2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

: 11th * 2023–24: 12th * 2024–25: 14th

References

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